FOSDEM 2025

[adam-urbanczyk]

FOSDEM 2025 will have a CAD/open HW devroom:

https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2024q4/003569.html

I'm planning to submit an abstract about CQ and the new func API. Any other ideas?

[jmwright]

@adam-urbanczyk It might be nice to have the community create a listing of some projects using CadQuery and turn that into a slide.

[adam-urbanczyk]

+1

[adam-urbanczyk]

The proposal was accepted.

[adam-urbanczyk]

FYI: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5286-free-function-api-for-cadquery/

[jmwright]

Thanks Adam!

[huskier]

I am very interested in the free function topic. With the free function, can CQ users build models like OpenSCAD users? Am I understanding it correctly?

[adam-urbanczyk]

I'm not sure what you mean. The docs are here: https://cadquery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/free-func.html

[huskier]

@adam-urbanczyk Thank you for the information. I am looking forward to the video at FOSDEM.

If the free functions of CQ can correspond one-to-one with those of OpenSCAD, then CQ can directly run OpenSCAD's code. That would provide significant benefits to both the CQ and OpenSCAD communities.

[jmwright]

Let's all make sure we support @adam-urbanczyk for this talk in whatever ways we can.

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5286-free-function-api-for-cadquery/

[michaelgale]

Looking forward to seeing it and learning about the new API scheme!

[jmwright]

@adam-urbanczyk Did this already happen? If so, I had my timezones wrong.

[lorenzncode]

It was the second session in the morning today at 9:20 UTC+1. Great talk and intro to the new API!

[jmwright]

Sorry I messed it. I'll look forward to watching the video when it's posted. Thanks for doing this @adam-urbanczyk !

[adam-urbanczyk]

NP, the video should be there soon. Not my best talk, but the material is fine I think. I'll upload the sources.

[adam-urbanczyk]

For the time being: slides

[adam-urbanczyk]

https://github.com/CadQuery/conference-talks